I'll be doing a photo shoot next week with the amazing Laura Kirpatrick (ANTM Season 13), with Photographer Alicia Calton an model/stylist Catherine Jones. We'll be shooting a promo video for an upcoming fundraiser-fashion show we are working on for Spring of 2011.
Laura has stared a foundation to help educate people about the difficulties of leaving a life with Dyslexia and how to help individuals with this learning disability.
I'm super excited to work with Laura again, we have done many shoots before. Here is a link to a You-Tube video from one we did a few months ago.

Sarah Cropped Cotton Jacket now available at S.Benedit web store.
Model Sarah Olson
Photo By Andrew Kung www.andrewkung.com
Hair and Makeup By Lorie Karnes and Micah Severo Ruelas
Location Land of Tomorrow Gallery

I recently place some pieces from my 2011 Spring-Summer collection on this great web store for independent designers called Senseofashion .com. I still have some more pieces to upload, so make sure to check it out often!!

The Garifunas!

From Wikipedia
The Garinagu (singular Garifuna) are descendants of Carib, Arawak and West African people. The British colonial administration used the term Black Carib and Garinagu to distinguish them from Yellow and Red Carib, the Amerindian population that did not intermarry with Africans. The Amerindians who had not intermarried with Africans are still living in the Lesser Antilles; Dominica, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, etc. Today they live primarily in Central America. They live along the Caribbean Coast in Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras including the mainland, and on the island of Roatán. There are also diaspora communities of Garinagu in the United States, particularly in Los Angeles, Miami, New York and other major cities.

In this photo with my friend Virginia from Ecuador at the Lexington Latin Festival Parade. I'm wearing a traditional costume, is a combination of the Spanish style full skirts and the flirty Caribbean style top.

For my Spring-Summer 2012 Collection I want to honor my ancestors. My mother was Mayan-Spanish decedent now called Ladinos and my father belongs to a African group establish in the coast of Honduras for over 200 years called the Garifunas. Bout cultures are very strong and have a very unique fashion style, the wardrobe for special ceremonies is quite impressive. I want to create a collection that represents this cultures in a modern but yet timeless way.
I'm very proud of my heritage and I want to show that on my work.

Video Diary

You-tube video Diary
About my inspiration, my style, my work room ad more!!